Hose-supporter.



S. BUYER.

HOSE SUPPORTER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB.2I, 1915.

1,170,875. v Patented Feb. 8, 1916.

TIIE coLuAIIxI/I IIIANOGRAIH co., WASHINGTON, u4 c.

SAMUEL BUYER, vor nnw YORK, N. Y.

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implication filed i February 27, 19,15. serial ne. 10,913.

.One ofthe chief features of the inventionn isto provide a fastener that willsecurely. bind the web and pad or other parts together" without the necessity of employing teethV or other sharp projections that will eat into the fabric yor webbing, thereby in time weakening same.

A further feature of the invention is to provide means to protect the hosiery, underwear or flesh from the metal fastener.

I will now proceed to describe my invention in detail, the novel features of which I will point out in the appended claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming part hereof, wherein- Figure l is a sectional view on a large scale of my improved fastener and a portion of a hose supporter, the section being taken on a line 1-1 in Fig. 2; Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof; Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view, the section being taken on a line 8 3 in Fig. 1; and Fig. 4 is a plan view of the blank out of which my improved fastener is made.

My improved fastener consists of a plate A bent over upon itself to form a jaw 1.

When bent over the fastener will consist of the jaw members 2 and 3, the wall member 8 being provided with wings 4 (Fig. 4) to Vfinally form clip 5 by which Ymeans the fabric or elastic members of the supporter are secured in connection with retaining means which I will now describe. 'l

To coperate with the clips 5, I provide securing means consisting of a recess 6 1n the member 2 of the fastener and a projection 7 carried by the member 3 of the fastener. The rounded end 8 of the jaw 1 retains one end of a link 9 and through the eye of the link, and over the opposite end thereof, I lcarryone member l0 of the protecting medium which forms part of my invention. The web or elastic member of the supporter is indicated by 11 and the pad by 12, the fas- Specification of Letters Patent.

tener A'connecting the said' web and pad. The 'weakest' part of a hose-supporter is usually at the point 13 at which point the fastener is usuallyv supplied with teeth that y eat into the fabric. One of the objects of this inventionis to obviate the necessitv of `using these teeth or sharp edges,` vand I do so Aby j providing the vrecess 6, projection '7 and clips-5. ,.lj i .i By referring to Fig. lljitjjwill'beseen that one'endfof the web'll andthe 'doubled'ove'r end 14" ofthe protector 1,5 are' held in the 1. "Thefree'ends 16 of the protector are sewed between the members `and18 of the pad"12. As has been stated, one member "of the protector passes over the end 19 of the link 9, while the other member 20 of the proteotor passes under said end 19. As the surface B of the pad is the bottom, or the portion which-contacts with the hosiery, the metal of the fastener A and also the link 9 is kept out of contact with the flesh or under- Y wear by the member -20 of the protector.

-The double protector provides sufcient thickness under the protector A to withstand considerable wear.

To apply the fastener, I place the end of the web 11 and the doubled over end of the protector between the fastener members 2 and 3 and also lover the projection 7 and under the recess 6. I then bend upwardly the wings 4 to lie against the edges of the members 11 and 15 (Fig. 3), and finally I bend downwardly the ends of said wings 4 as shown in Fig. 3 and press the mass together by applying considerablev pressure, after which the projection 7 will press the fabric members firmly together and into the recess 6, after which they cannot be pulled out and there will not be any teeth or sharp edges to cut the fabric; The link 9 stiifens the connection between the fastener and protector, that is to say, it prevents any side-play on the part of the fastener relative to the protector.

Having now described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: 1- `f 1. A fastener for hose-supporters, con-` sisting of a platebent over upon itself to -form a jaw, cooperating fastening .means carried by the jaw-members of said fastener, and located intermediate the ends thereof, arranged to coperate one with the other, clips carried by one jaw-member arranged to engage the other jaw-member,

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said clips being located between the fasten*- ing means and the free ends of said jawmembers, a link engaged at one end thereof by said fastener, and a protector, consisting of a strip of fabric doubled upon itself, one member of said protector passing through said link and over the `free end thereof, the other protector member passing under said link, bothV protector members passing under said fastener, the doubled over end of said protector being engaged by said fastener.

2. In combination with a hose-supporter fastener, a link secured, at one end thereof, to said fastener, anda protector consisting of a strip of fabric doubled upon itself, one member of said protector passing through said link and over the free end thereof, the other protector member passing under said link,vboth protector members passing under said fastener, the doubled over end of said protector being engaged by said fastener.

3. Iny combination with a hose-supporter having an elastic webbing and a pad, a protector consisting of a strip of fabric doubled upon itself, the free ends being secured Vto said pad, a fastener consisting of a strip vof metal turned over upon itself to form a SAMUEL BUYER.

lVitnesses: n* K MAURICE WooH, EDWARD A. JARVIs.

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